Month: November 2019

Iraq intelligence agents tracked ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi for years before getting the break they say was critical to cornering him. That break was the arrest in May of one of al-Baghdadi’s brothers-in-law, Mohammed Ali Sajet al-Zubaaei, who joined ISIS in 2015 and had become one of the leader’s trusted guides. It was a

A “Win a Baby” contest hosted by a Florida radio station helped turn one couple into parents. The contest, which was hosted by Florida’s B1039 in November 2017, offered one woman the chance to receive a free round of in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and all the medication needed. The sweepstakes called for videos from women explaining

Two Arkansas chemistry professors have been arrested and accused of making methamphetamine, according to the Clark County Sheriff’s Department. And no, neither of them is named Walter White. Terry David Bateman, 45, and Bradley Allen Rowland, 40, both associate professors of chemistry at Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, were taken into custody Friday afternoon,

Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa dislocated his hip Saturday and will miss the remainder of the season, according to a statement from the team’s surgeon. Tagovailoa’s injury took place during the second quarter of Alabama’s game against Mississippi State. As he was scrambling to throw the ball away, he was tackled by two Mississippi State defenders.

Thirteen prison staffers at a Pennsylvania prison were suspended without pay on Friday following the death of a 29-year-old inmate, spokeswoman Susan McNaughton of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections told CNN. The department said they will not release the names of the employees. A department press release said that the medical and security staffers are

Less than 24 hours after two students were killed in a shooting at Saugus High School in Southern California, the surrounding community stepped up to support a school in shock and mourning. Students from other high schools in the area and a pizza shop decided to raise funds for the families of victims in Santa

The last survivor of the Hindenburg airship disaster, Werner Gustav Doehner, has died, according to his family. Doehner, 90, passed away at a hospital in Laconia, New Hampshire, on November 8, his son, Bernie Doehner, told CNN. Werner Doehner was 8 years old on May 6, 1937, when the infamous airship went up in flames

When Hank Cazier, a 19-year-old student from Idaho, was diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumor, he wasn’t sure he’d live long enough to realize his dream of becoming a model. Since his diagnosis in 2015, he’s had 31 rounds of radiation, intensive chemotherapy treatments and brain surgery. After losing nearly all his motor abilities following

Will.i.am claims that he and his crew were victims of a racist incident, when a misunderstanding led to a flight attendant calling the police on the musician. The Black Eyed Peas‘ front man took to Twitter to voice his frustrations, saying he was on a Qantas flight from Brisbane to Sydney when the incident occurred.

A 5-year-old girl rescued from under a subway train that killed her father became an honorary New York Police Department officer. NYPD Chief of Patrol Rodney Harrison shared a photo of Ferni Balbuena on Friday during her visit with the department. “Today is Ferni Balbuena’s #NYPD Hope Trip. Ferni was rescued unharmed last month after